Spring-wheel.



W. SOHIEK.

SPRING WHEEL.

APPLIQATION FILED JULY 25,1910.

994,539, Patented June 6, 1911.

Inventor:

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80 a 1 designates the WILLIAM SCI-IIEK, OF FREEBURG, ILLINOIS. 4

SPRING-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 6,1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SoHmK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in F reebur in the county ofSt.

5-Clair and State 0 Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in H 'Sprin -Wheels, of which the following is a full, c ear, and exact description, reference being had to the acc'ompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a spring wheel more particularly intended for use upon road vehicles, and it has for its object the roduction of a wheel of this description that 16 1s of sim le construction, and one that is of such resi ient nature as todispense with the employment of cushion tires such as are at present greatlv in vogue, and which are very expensive both'in cost of production and in 20 maintenance in serviceable condition.

F i are I is a side elevation of my spring whee with a portion of the wheel shown in section. Fig. II is a cross section through the rim and tire and a ortion of the hub of my wheel with one oft espring rings in elevation. Fig. III is a perspective view of one of the spring rings. Fig. IV is aview similar to Fig. II, illustrating a modified form of spring rin ub of my wheel, 2 the felly or rim concentric with the hub, and 3 a tire fitted to the felly or rim.

4 designates spring rings inter )oscd be tween the hub and felly, and pre erably so 86 arranged that they overlap each other, as

seen in Fig. I. Each of these spring rings .is circular lIl shape, and the rings terminate in substantially radial arms 5 extending at angles to such bodies, as illustrated in the 40 drawin It should also be noted at this point t at the end portions of the rings are offset from each other, as seen most clearly in Fig. 11,50 that What I will term the arms of the rings are arranged obliquelyrelative 46 to the arches or outer bows of the rings. Further thatthe arms 5 of the rings are so disposed that when they are connected to the hub of the wheel, the arms of each rin will occu y positions in a line longitudina ly of said hub.

I The hub is provided with longitudinal alining perforat1ons through which the arms of the rm extend, and these arms are secured to t e hub preferably by the employment ofnuts (tap liedto the arms interior of the hub, althoug it :is obvious that other Application filed July 25, 19 10. Serial No. 573,603.

means for fastening the arms to-the hub might be made use: of in lieu of said nuts.

t The felly or rim 2 of my wheel is provided at its inner face with a groove 2 m which the bows or arches of the springrings 4: are seated, and this groove is preferably made of a depth at least equal to one-half of -the cross section of one of the spring rings,

in order that the bows of the rings may be more stably held in said groove. The bows 'of the rings are maintained in their seats provided by the groove 2" through the medium of clip plates 7, grooved to register with the grooves in the felly or rim, so that they, with the felly, will serve to embrace the bows of the rings and hold them from movement. The clip plates are secured to the fellyor rim by bolts 8.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the spring rings 4 are so mounted between the hub andthe felly or rim of my wheel and the ends of these rings are so attached to the hub of the wheel, as to provide cylindrical shaped springs from which a high de ree of resiliency or elasticity may be derive as compared with spring rings of other description, and furthermore, that these spring rings are much less liable to breakage when subjected to strain than any spring ring in which there are angular ortions in the yielding parts of the rings, 1t bein obvious that such angular portions will, un er strain, break much more quickly than a. curved portion in the same position. I

In Fig. IV, I have shown a modification in which instead of using single coil rings, I use rings composed of two coils, the ring here shown comprising a central coil 4*, the bow of which rests against the hub 1 and is fitted to the felly or rim 2 while the outer coil is completed ,in conjunction with the central coil, duev to the continuation of the ring by the portions 4" that carry the arms 5 attached to; the hub of the wheel. This modified form of s ring is intended to be used more particu arly in the wheels of heavy vehicles, but it is obvious that it might be used in the wheels of light vehicles, inasmuch as the resiliency of the sprin dependsupon the resiliency of the wire t at: enters into the construct-ion of the spring rings.

I- claim-:

1. A spring wheel comprising hub and felly elements, spring rings of uniform cur vature throughout their compasses, interposed between said hub and felly elements,

offset from each other transversely of the wheel and alined with each other longitudinally of the hub element, the hub e ment having longitudinally alining perforations iorthe reception of said arms, and onecoil of each of said spring rings bearing the end arms of the ring.

c WILLIAM SCHIEK. In the presence of H. HEILIGENSTEIN, CHARLES SCHIEK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. O.

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